326 MK. STANLEY 8. FLOWER ON THE [Apr.3, 



" "Rimau aker " of the Malays of Perak, according to L. AVray. 



" Seua-bong " and " Mow-pa '" of the Siamese. 



Cantor records this species from Penang and the Peninsula. 

 Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) says this is " the 

 commonest wild cat .... I have seen it in Singapore, and it 

 appears to be abundant in the Peninsula." 



In the Museum at Taiping there are many specimens from 

 Larut, Perak ; and 1 was told it was common in the State of 

 Selangor. In the Museum at Bangkok there are specimens from 

 Pachim, Siam. 



A wild cat caught near Balik-Pulo, Penang, in the spring of 

 1896 was, to the best of my recollection, of this species. 



Distribution. India, Assam, Burma, Southern China, Siam. 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. Borneo, and the Philippines. 



23. Felts planiceps Vig. & Horsf. The Plat-headed Cat. 

 Felis planiceps, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mam in. p. 83. 



" Jalang" of the Malays of the Peninsula, according to Cantor. 



Cantor also gives " Kiiching litan "' as the Malay name of this 

 species, but this simply means " Cat of the woods " and is applied 

 to any wild cat. 



Cantor (p. 37) says of this apparently not numerous species 

 that it is found on the Malay Peninsula and is " of most ferocious 

 habits and untamable." 



In the Museum at Taiping there is a specimen said to have 

 been obtained in Selangor. 



In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor are two specimens, one from 

 Ivlang, and the other from some other locality in the State of 

 Selangor. 



W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Jndian Mus. ii. 1891. p. 222) 

 records a specimen from Malacca obtained in 184*;. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. Borneo. 



24. Felis chaus Giild. The Jungle Cat. 

 Fills chaus, Blanf. Faun. Ind.. Mamm. p. 86. 



In the Siamese Museum there is an old stuffed cat apparently 

 of this species, labelled " Siam : January 18941? 



Distribution. Northern Africa. Western Asia, India, Ceylon. 

 Burma, and perhaps Siam. 



N.B. — Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) says " Felis 

 tristia has been taken in Malacca.*' Sclater (P. /. s. 1898, p. 281) 

 mentions a beautiful small wild cat from Siam, living in the 

 Jardin Zoologique d'AccIimatation, Paris, which was quite new to 

 him. 



25. Felis domestica Briss. The Common Cat. 



" Kuching" of the Malays. 



" Mow " of the Siamese. 



The ordinary domestic cat of the Malaya has a very short 



